Many a movie star has returned to his roots on the
live stage. As previously mentioned, the best spot for good drama is the
Mark Taper Forum in the Los Angeles Music
Center (135 N. Grand Avenue), but there are also a number of smaller
theatres elsewhere around town, specializing in live drama (as well as
the occasional musical production). At these theatres, in recent years,
you might have seen:

Annette
Bening as "Hedda Gabler"; Ed
Begley Jr.in "The Old Neighborhood"; or Cloris Leachman
starring as Grandma Moses in "Joy Ride"; or Frank Langella
in "The Father," at the Geffen
Playhouse in Westwood Village (10886
Le Conte Avenue / (310) 208-5454);

Carrie
Snodgrass in "The Manchurian Candidate" at the West Coast
Ensemble in Hollywood (6240 Hollywood Blvd., one block east
of Vine, across from the Pantages/ (323) 871-8673);

The
Pointer Sisters in "Ain't Misbehaven,"
or Carol Channing in "Hello Dolly,"
or Theodore Bikel & Lainie
Kazan in "Fiddler on the Roof," or Robert
Goulet in "Camelot," all recently at the Pasadena
Civic in Pasadena (300 E. Green Street / (818) 449-7360);

Also:
The Wilshire Ebell Theatre in L.A.
(4401 West 8th Street), the South Coast Repertory
in Costa Mesa (655 Town Center Drive / (714) 957-4033), the Pasadena
Playhouse in Pasadena (39 S El Molino Avenue / (818) 792-8672),
the Tiffany Theater in West Hollywood
(8532 Sunset Blvd. / (310) 289-2999), and the Wiltern
Theatre in Los Angeles (3790 Wilshire Blvd., at Western / (213)
380-5005), to name just a few.

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